r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Sep 13 '26

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Texas Defeats Ohio State 24-23

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Ohio State 10 10 3 0 23
Texas 0 3 0 21 24
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u/Dr_Findro Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

When I saw us fumble the first snap on a throw to the flat and the ball bounce off of Cam Coleman for an interception I thought there was divine energy against us

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u/TheFlyingBoat Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Sep 13 '26

I literally threw up my hands, said it was the Ted Cruz Curse and gave up. Thankfully a more powerful force came in to save us

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u/TempSpee Jackson State Tigers Sep 13 '26

I'll say this. The longhorns and running flat outside passes or (check downs) is so exhausting and funny. Coach Steve didn't have any 10+ post routes for us lol despite the recovery the defense made.

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u/Dr_Findro Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

I am so tired of horizontal passes haha. They work when our team is vastly more talented that our opponent. But not elite competition

I like to think that our fans Boo’d Steve in to stop calling those plays

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u/_Football_Cream_ Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

Idk man Arch also was not seeing some wide open stuff. I know it's easy to armchair coach as I watch from the upper level, and it's a great defense, but lots of instances the play developing correctly but holding it too long and missing the windows.

Sark is one of the absolute best at drawing up screens, they're not as problematic as people make them out to be and a huge part of our offense. Most of the bad behind the line throws last night were Arch taking too long and settling for a bad check down rather than a designed horizontal throw (though there were some of those).